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Game 73, 2015

Another battle of righthanders today, as Chicago native Mike Bolsinger goes for the Dodgers while Kyle Hendricks goes for the Cubs. Bolsinger is 4-2 with a 2.87 ERA; Hendricks is 2-3 with a 4.28 ERA. Hendricks has made six starts at Wrigley and remains winless, while Bolsinger is winless on the road and 1-2 in his last five starts.

Free agent righty Chris Perez has been hit with a 50-game suspension, the league announced (h/t to MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy). The penalty was assessed for use of a drug of abuse, with the length based on the fact that this is Perez’s second such offense.

The whole “Review” philosophy is flawed. I can see where there are plays where none of the cameras give an absolutely correct view to call, but as long as they ignore the daily mis-called balls and strikes, they may as well ignore the other calls too. No excuse, there is electronic-visual equipment that is capable of totally accurate calls on pitch placement, the umpire’s responsibility should be limited to swing-no swing, fair or foul, and tag plays. That should be enough to keep them busy.

From TBLA: “Turner is hitting a robust .353/.397/.647 with a team-leading 16 RBI in June, with his five home runs setting a new career high for a single month. The old record was four home runs, set by Turner last month.

“The career-high 10 home runs on the season give the Dodgers five players with double-digit home runs on the season, the first time they have done that since 2000.”

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